Gershom Gorenberg Tomorrow Kadima will pick someone to replace Ehud Olmert as party leader. Olmert will then quit, to the sound of 7 million people sighing in relief, and his replacement will get the chance to form a new government and become Israel’s prime minister. The method that Kadima will use to make this momentous [...]
Primary Scream, or Unrepresentative Democracy
September 16th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Politics and Policy
Tags: Ehud Olmert·Israeli democracy·Kadima·primaries·Shaul Mofaz·Tzipi Livni
Olmert’s No Sucker
July 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics and Policy
Haim Watzman | When I received my first bimonthly payment booklet from Israel’s income tax authority back in the mid-1980s, each payment demanded was more than what I earned in two months. Puzzled, I went down to the tax office and waited patiently in line for an hour or so before being called over to [...]
Tags: corruption·Ehud Olmert·Israel·primaries

